DIY Nation: Rob’s House Records
Last Saturday I spent my afternoon at Rob’s House in East Atlanta. Rob’s House Records is an Atlanta music label that puts out 7″ vinyl records of ATL bands such as Deerhunter and Black Lips. Some cool articles to read up can be found here, here, and here. Last Saturday they had another of the many free parties that they do. We arrived just in time to grab a beer off of the keg and listen to Bobby And The Soft Spots do a short set in the tiny basement. I’m not the biggest fan of this trend of local bands trying to copycat the Black Lips, because they always seem to come off as a cheap ripoff to me, and this was a particularly uninspired attempt. After that we chilled out with the guys from Elevado and Missile Command and watched some pyromaniac build a huge fire. When the keg died, the other band, The Subsonics, performed. They have apparently been around for a very long time (their first album came out in 1992) and while I had heard of them before this, I really didn’t know anything about them. The chick drummer played the entire time standing up, and was pretty good. The frontman just ruled his guitar. They slashed through a ton of short surf-punk-rock jams off one of the largest setlists I’ve ever seen a band write out. Here’s a few videos:
Overall, my second time at Rob’s House was very fun again. They know good music, they throw good parties, and they are just another example of how the ATL underground music scene kicks major ass.
Bobby:
Can you spot the superstars?
Subsonics:
I recommend checking out this one:
Coming soon from Rob’s House:
Gentleman Jesse / Joseph Plunket – Split 7″
Baby Shakes – Tell Me Now 10″ (heart-shaped)
The Weakends 7″
Demon’s Claws – Fucked on Ketamine 7″
Slab City – Friday Nite Boy 7″
Hipshakes – Live at Rob’s House 7″
+ represses: Carbonas, Cheveu, SIDS, Fe Fi Fo Fums
If you’re going to SXSW, we’ll see you here:
- Posted by Davy Minor on February 21, 2008 at 1:28 am
